At least 244 patients with dengue were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the past 24 hours till Tuesday morning.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services, including the latest this year a total of 6,466 people were hospitalised.
So far, 31 people had died of dengue this year since January.
Of the hospitalised patients in the past 24 hours, 138 patients were reported in Barishal, 19 in Chattogram, 32 in the Dhaka South City Corporation, four in the Dhaka North City Corporation, 26 in different districts of Dhaka, one in Mymensingh and 24 in Rajshahi.
The vector-born disease has arisen as a serious public health concern in the country over the past several years.
A dengue outbreak was first officially reported in the country in 2000 when 93 people died and 5,551 patients were hospitalised, according to DGHS data. Dengue killed 1,705 people and sent 3, 21,179 others to hospitals in 2023 alone against 853 deaths and 2, 44,246 hospitalisation between 2000 and 2022, the DGHS data showed.
Last year, the country witnessed a severe dengue outbreak that resulted in 575 deaths and 101,214 reported cases. A total of 100,040 patients recovered during the period.
